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We are very
fortunate to have attracted the interest of several rock & roll legends, as
well as some of the most promising new artists in the field. We’re incredibly
proud to count them among our growing list of customers even though the
PalmGuitar® was not originally intended to be an “artist”
instrument. It was merely intended to be an extremely precise, very durable,
instrument that plays and sounds like a high end custom guitar, but occupies
only 1/6th the physical space of one
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Dave
owns one of our first Custom instruments. Since he uses various Seymour Duncan® Hot Rails® pickups on his stage guitars, we added a Hot Rails® pickup in
the bridge position and a Cool Rails® in the neck position,
with normal neck/both/bridge switching. The Cool Rails provide a warm,
creamy tone, while the Hot Rails provide much higher output for searing
solos. Dave’s guitar was provided as our contribution to the Clive Burr
MS Trust fund, in tribute to the former Maiden drummer now suffering from
Multiple Sclerosis. |
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Adrian
picked up his PalmGuitar® backstage in Hartford, CT during
their 2003 “Ed” tour. Two days before Maiden stopped in CT, this
instrument was in our tradeshow booth in Nashville - if you visited our
booth during the 2003 Summer NAMM show in Nashville, TN, and played one of
our guitars, chances are you were playing Adrian Smith’s guitar. If not,
you were playing Phil Campbell’s guitar. |
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Steve owns a
Custom 4-string Bass made with split traditional Bartolini pickups, ABM
top loading bridge and Gotoh mini bass tuners. As the driving force behind
Iron Maiden, Steve is a consummate gentleman and has been very gracious in
letting us participate in some of the recent tours. This band has endured
for decades for once simple reason – they know what their customers
want, and they deliver. We like that philosophy |
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The band’s
live keyboardist, and bass technician to Steve Harris, Michael picked up
his instrument at the 2002 Winter NAMM show, and brought the PalmGuitar® to the attention of the band just prior to the “Eddie” tour and
“Dance of Death” recording sessions. We owe a huge debt of gratitude
to Michael for his support in helping us evaluate some of the concepts
that help keep the PalmGuitar® on the cutting-edge. He’s an outstanding musician, and a great friend. |
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If you
visited Summer NAMM 2003 and didn’t play Adrian Smith’s guitar, you
played Phil Campbell’s guitar. Phil picked up his guitar on the Iron
Maiden tour, and was kind enough to video tape his first experience with a
PalmGuitar® on stage just prior to showtime. He also reviewed
the PalmGuitar® in his January 2004 interview in the UK’s Guitar
Magazine. We can’t thank Phil enough for all his kindness and
generosity. He ranked #6 in a recent “100 Welsh Heros” poll, just
edging out Kathryn Zeta Jones in the #7 spot. He ranks #1 in our poll. |
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In a recent
eMail, BT wrote:“My
dream 10 years ago was to be able to carry my studio in a rolling Tumi
bag. Now, between my 12" TiBook, an Oxy8 and my PalmGuitars®,
I can do just that. PalmGuitar® has made playing great
sounding riffs in a hotel room a reality, and they've made simply one of
the coolest looking pieces of equipment I've ever seen or owned. An
absolute must have for anyone who plays guitar and loves to travel. And,
oh yeah... Did I mention that they sound amazing?” BT In
addition to writing the score for the hit movie “Fast & Furious”,
BT also wrote the incredibly intricate score for the Oscar Winning
“Monster”, starring Charlize Theron and Christine Ricci. Haven’t
heard of BT (aka Brian Transeau) before? … you will. |
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One of the most prolific jazz guitarists in the country,
Kevin is best known as the music director of “The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno.” A brilliant performer, Kevin is also a gifted composer – he
wrote the show’s closing theme “Kevin’s Country”. Kevin reports
that the small size of the PalmGuitar® makes it a convenient
tool for composition. A very classy guy, Kevin was kind enough to send us
an autographed photograph and a kind note of thanks for making the
PalmGuitar®. |
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Son of legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, ZZ fell in love with
the PalmGuitar® at the 2002 NAMM show. An incredibly gifted
guitarist in his own right, ZZ often collaborates with his dad on
composing new songs … something Joe is very proud of. We expect great
things are in store for ZZ Satriani. Not only is Joe one of the finest
guitarists ever born, he’s one of the nicest, most courteous people you
could ever meet. Joe’s a teacher, and a great dad. So we’re pretty
sure that no matter what inspires ZZ in adulthood, he’ll be a success. |
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Woodstock veteran and local resident, John picked up his
PalmGuitar® at the 2002 Summer NAMM show in Nashville. A very
warm and humble guy, John reported recently that his PalmGuitar® was hijacked by his son Charlie
when he left for college. We look at it this way – when your dad is a
legendary singer/songwriter, and you need to snatch one of his guitars to
take to college, you could probably choose from among the finest guitars
in the world. Charlie grabbed his dad’s PalmGuitar®, and we
think that’s pretty cool. |
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